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24 alternatives to We built an AirTag-like network for sensors that talk to your servers
Hi, we’re Simon, Don and Dan, and we’re developing infrastructure for enabling Bluetooth devices that can communicate with your web backend (we’re calling it Blecon). Think your own AirTags network, but for sensors talking to your servers. We’ve got most of the underlying tech for the network infrastructure in place, and now have samples of a first manufacturer device that supports Blecon - a small rechargeable accelerometer tag. Not much live yet, but we put a summary of this first device and how it works in the link (plus you’ll find some early developer docs for the network infrastructure…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. We built an AirTag-like network for sensors that talk to your servers launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hi HN, A few of our team members at Airbyte (and Joe, who killed it!) recently played with building our own internal support chat bot, using Airbyte, Langchain, Pinecone and OpenAI, that would answer any questions we ask when developing a new connector on Airbyte. As we prototyped it, we realized that it could be applied for many other use cases and sources of data, so... we created a tutorial that other community members can leverage [http://airbyte.com/tutorials/chat-with-your-data-using-opena...] and the Github repo to run it…
2023 · airbyte.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · nodule.io · its alternatives →
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Bluetooth LE consulting, training, and tools for engineering teams, plus in-depth guides on how Bluetooth LE actually works.
2018 · novelbits.io · its alternatives →
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My iTags▲20Use any cheap bluetooth tracker as Airtags for free
2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Professional BLE debugging and monitoring tool for everyone.
Jan 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · webbluetoothcg.github.io · its alternatives →
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Smart Doppler radar powered by your phone
Feb 2026 · pi-speedlab.us · its alternatives →
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Felipe pitches his SaaS/IoT startup to Christie Pitts
2016 · thepitch.show · its alternatives →
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I go on a lot of backcountry trips where I barely get cell service. If my group splits, nobody knows knows where anyone is until you regroup at camp or at your destination. You can buy Garmin radios or try to set up an ATAK, but ATAK is Android-only and assumes you have a TAK Server running somewhere to make use of all of the functionality. Cool tools themselves, but expensive to set up correctly. I just wanted two iPhones to share their location directly over Bluetooth when cell coverage was lacking. Red Grid Link does that. Start a session, and anyone nearby running the app shows up on…
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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rfparty▲59A new way to see BLE, a tricorder for your wireless world
2022 · rfparty.xyz · its alternatives →
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2014 · tryion.lava.io · its alternatives →
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